nymshift

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verb

To change one's pseudonym so as to appear to be posting messages as an unrelated user.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbnymshift (third-person singular simple present nymshifts, present participle nymshifting, simple past and past participle nymshifted)

present singular third person nymshifts · participle present nymshifting · participle past nymshifted · past nymshifted

  1. InternetintransitiveTo change one's pseudonym so as to appear to be posting messages as an unrelated user.

Origin

From nym + shift.

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APA

nymshift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nymshift

MLA

“nymshift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nymshift. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nymshift,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nymshift.

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